Minna- National
Examination Council,
(NECO) has released 2012
November/December
senior secondary school Certificate Examination
with an improvement over
the past three years results. A total of 83,755
candidates registered for
the examinations out of
which 75,623 actually sat
for the examinations. Registrar/Chief Executive
of the Council, Professor
Promise Okpala while
formerly releasing the
results in Minna Thursday
said a total of 21,274 malpractice cases were
recorded across the country
during the examinations. A breakdown of the results
shows that 83,755
candidates registered for
English out of which 75,623
sat for it while 25,620 or
33.89% got credit 15,268 or 20.18% passed while
32,425 or 42,87% failed. In Mathematics 83,560
registered out of which
75,245 sat for the exams
while 41,228 or 54,79%
had credit while 8,034 or
10,67% passed and 23,962 or 31.84% failed. Results of some of the core
subject also show that out
of 80,829 that registered
for the paper, 72,887 sat
for it while 16,650 or
22.84% had credit while 12,768 or 17.51% passed
and 41,352 or 56,73%
failed. In Chemistry 38,123
registered for it while
35,194 actually sat with
10,620 or 30.17% having
credit 4,501 or 12.178%
having pass while 18,974 or 53.91 % failed. Other core subjects like
physics had 38,039
registered with 35,057
while 94 or 0.26% had
credit, 8.74 or 2.49%
having pass while 33,000 or 94.13% failed. Further mathematics had
3,564 registered with 2,310
setting, 352 or 15. 23%
coming out with credit
while 208 or 9.00% had
pass with 40,501 or 71.92% failing the paper. Professor Okpala said the
Council will continue to
ensure appropriate
standard and excellence
before, during and after
the examinations pointing out that with the effort put
in the past years, the
results being release and
those to be release in
future will be reliable valid
and credible. A comparative analysis of
the results by subject
depicts the improvement
over the 3yrs. Period from
4.7% (2010) through 10.0%
(2011) to 33.9% 2012 in English language and from
19.4% (2010) through
44.7% (2011) to 54.8%
(2012) in mathematics. Chairman governing Board
of the Council Dr. Paddy
Njoku who was present at
the official release of the
results said analysis has
shown that the past examinations was devoid
of leakage and thus
making a distinctive
progress or the integrity of
NECO Certificate. ‘’Because of the high
standard of NECO
Certificate now, people
tend to acquire the
certificate by all means and
just as people tend to fake the dollars more than other
currencies because of its
acceptability so is also
NECO Certificate but we
will continue to fight those
involved in trying to fake our Certificate” the Board
chairman assured.

source-vanguard.

candidates should go and check their results & give a feedback.suxes!